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traduction

Pronunciation: /tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/

“traduction” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. translation (the conversion of text from one language to another)
  2. translation (the discipline or study of translating written language)

In French

  1. Action de traduire, travail consistant à convertir un texte d’une langue dans une autre langue.
  2. Résultat de ce travail; version d’un ouvrage dans une langue différente de celle où il a été écrit.
  3. Synthèse d’une protéine à partir d’une matrice d’acide ribonucléique.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trāductiō (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”).

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